Issue 27 - 26th April 2024
Dear Families,
What a jam-packed week it's been! We've had football matches, the upper school movie night, book sales, Year 5 library visits, special assemblies, and even some fantastic visitors. Keep reading to find out more about what the children have been up to this week.
Emma Fordham
Headteacher
Key Messages
Parent Singing Assemblies
I am pleased to tell parents that we will be offering another opportunity for parents to find out about their children’s experiences at school. Mrs. Cleaves our music co-ordinator has kindly offered to ‘throw open the doors’ for our weekly singing assemblies. Parents are invited straight after drop off on selected Friday mornings to spend around 30 minutes listening (and participating if they wish!) to our music assembly. There will be 30 places each week. Places can be booked on School Gateway on a first come first served basis and once full, it will automatically close. The booking will open on Monday 22nd April and unless full, will close the day before each event.
Lower School – Friday 17th May and 14th June 9.00-9.25am
Upper School – Friday 24th May and 5th July 9.00-9.25am
Term dates for Next Academic Year
The term dates for 2024/25 are now on our website (including INSET days). Please follow the link to view.
https://www.almondhill.herts.sch.uk/page/?title=Term+Dates&pid=24
INSET/Occasional days for 2024/25:
Monday 2nd September
Friday 20th December
Monday 6th January
Friday 20th June
Monday 23rd June (Occasional Day)
Wednesday 23rd July
Clubs on Arbor
Thank you for bearing with us whilst we dealt with the issue with clubs over the weekend. As you know, Arbor is a new system and we are learning to get to grips with all the things it can do but unfortunately, when learning, this don’t always go to plan. We open events on a weekend to make it easier and fairer for parents to book but our office staff do not work at weekends so if there is a problem, we will need your patience in getting it fixed for you.
Club | Year group | Day | Collection From | Start | End |
3/4 Football | 3, 4 | Monday | Field Gate | 15th April | Half termly |
Gardening | 5 | Monday | Acorn House | 29th April | 24th June |
Rounders | 6 | Monday | Field Gate | 29th April | 24th June |
Reading Fluency Booster | 4 | Monday | Acorn House | 29th April | 15th July |
Reading Fluency Booster | 5 | Monday | Acorn House | 29th April | 15th July |
5/6 Football | 5, 6 | Tuesday | Field Gate | 16th April | Half termly |
Rounders | 3 | Tuesday | Field Gate | 30th April | 25th June |
Street Dance | All | Wednesday | Hall | 17th April | 24th May |
Stop Motion | 4 | Wednesday | 4L | 1st May | 26th June |
Rounders | 4 | Thursday | Field Gate | 2nd May | 27th June |
Musical Theatre | All | Friday | Hall | 19th April | 24th May |
Rounders | 5 | Friday | Field Gate | 3rd May | 28th June |
Mad Science | All | Friday | 4O | 3rd May | 28th June |
Year 3 Writing Day – Pirates!
We will be welcoming some Pirates into school on Wednesday 8th May for our inspiring writing day. We would like to invite Year 3 children to join them in dressing like a pirate! We welcome all forms of pirate dress but ask that no weapons (swords, cutlasses etc.) are brought into school and that outfits are still suitable for break/lunch time. We are looking forward to an exciting day with our new pirate friends!
This is not compulsory and if children would prefer not to dress up, they should come to school in their uniform as normal.
Goodbye to Miss Baxter
Miss Baxter will be leaving Almond Hill next Friday to start a new adventure in Early Years. I am sure parents will join me in wishing Miss Baxter all the very best in her new job.